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How Does a Neural Network Actually Learn?

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We've all heard this sentence: "Neural networks learn from data." But what does learn actually mean? Does the model somehow understand the data? Does it remember every example? And how does it know when it's getting something wrong? The answer is surprisingly simple. A neural network basically foll…

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  1. 2026-10-07 15:27 · DEV Community — Machine Learning
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